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Costa Rica wants US anti-drug program for Central America

Posted: Aug 24 - 04:59 PM

By MARIANELA JIMENEZ
The Associated Press
Tuesday, August 17, 2010; 11:40 PM

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica—Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla said Tuesday she wants the United States to offer an anti-drug aid program just for Central America.

The region currently gets some aid to fight organized crime through the Merida Initiative, a $1.4 billion aid program pledged by President George W. Bush in 2007, but the bulk of the help goes to Mexico.

Chinchilla said in an interview with The Associated Press that she wants Washington to review Costa Rica’s…

Another religious procession is today in Cartago

Posted: Aug 03 - 08:58 PM

Another religious procession is today in Cartago
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff

The religious activities in Cartago are not over. Today the statue of the Virgen de Los Ángeles leaves the basilica and heads to the Catedral Santiago Apóstol, also in Cartago, for a month-long stay.

This trip is coupled with much fanfare, too.

Oxcart drivers and their bueyes will be in the procession along with local farmers bringing carts full of products that will be sold to the crowd to…

Frontier Airlines Announces New Costa Rica Destination

Posted: Jul 01 - 03:51 PM

DENVER, August 30, 2010 - Frontier Airlines today announced plans to expand its international service with the addition of a second Costa Rica destination. Frontier Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: RJET), will launch seasonal service to Liberia, Costa Rica (LIR) beginning Feb. 13, 2011, with weekly nonstop flights to/from its hub at Denver International Airport (DEN). Introductory fares for this new service can be found at FrontierAirlines.com/introfares.

Follow this link to full article: http://media.frontierairlines.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=5219

Dreams Come True for Local Kids

Posted: Jun 03 - 11:24 AM

Dreams Come True for Local Kids
Jul 27th, 2010 | Category: Daily News, Nicoya Regional News

By Lindsay Lavelle

La Asociación CREAR just finished up another two weeks of camp with the children from two elementary schools in the Sámara area. As always, the camp was free to the local kids and provided a chance for supplemental learning during their time away from school. Thanks to a grant awarded by ProArtes, the National Program for the Development of the Arts, (Programa Nacional para el Desarrollo de las Artes), CREAR was able to invite…